Verbal Ability Test Questions - Analogies - Set 3

1)   LECHER : LUST

a. Pith : Herb
b. Glutton : Greed
c. Business : Profit
d. Showbiz : Fame
e. Garrulous : Cottage
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Glutton : Greed

Explanation:
A lecher is a person full of lust, as a glutton is a person full of greed for food.


2)   LUGUBRIOUS : DOLEFUL

a. Banal : Insipid
b. Tractable : Recalcitrant
c. Pensive : Vacuous
d. Profligate : Miserly
e. Tangible : Illusory
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Banal : Insipid

Explanation:
Lugubrious and doleful both refer to sorrow similarly banal and insipid both refer to commonplace.


3)   GROVEL : SERVILE

a. Elevator : Skyscraper
b. Neglect : Fortuitous
c. Summary : Narration
d. Foresee : Prescient
e. Risk : Indiscriminate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Foresee : Prescient

Explanation:
Grovel means to humble oneself or act in an abject manner as in great fear or utter servility. A person in grovel shows servility similarly a person who foresees is prescient (knowing before)


4)   CLARIFY : CONFUSION

a. Clound : Thunder
b. Wish : Success
c. Declare : Bankruptcy
d. Algorithm : Structure
e. Mediate : Altercation
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mediate : Altercation

Explanation:
To clarify alleviate confusion to mediate correct an altercation (dispute).


5)   ETHEREAL : EMPYREAL

a. Fetus : Offspring
b. Earnest : Saccharine
c. Novice : Expert
d. Obsequious : Sycophantic
e. Jargon : Authentic
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Obsequious : Sycophantic

Explanation:
Ethereal and empyreal both refer to heavenly or unearthly. Similarly obsequious and sycophantic both refer to submissive behavior.


6)   MOAT : CASTLE

a. Bridge : River
b. Propel : Ship
c. Archer : Bow
d. Cummerbund : Waist
e. Shoe : Foot
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cummerbund : Waist

Explanation:
A moat surrounds castle a cummerbund is an article of dress that goes around the waist.


7)   DOLLER : DIME

a. Rupee : Frank
b. Saleswoman : Pitch
c. Retreat : Victory
d. Century : Decade
e. Ring : Necklace
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Saleswoman : Pitch

Explanation:
The relation nere is of 100 10: a dollar (100 cents) to a diem (10 cents) or a century (100 years) to a decade (10 years)


8)   CHEFF : RECIPE

a. Celestial : Deferential
b. Musician : Score
c. People : Band
d. Novelist : Puzzle
e. Ambivalent : Dexterous
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Musician : Score

Explanation:
The recipe is the written composition and direction from which the chef produces a dish the score is the written account of the piece upon which a musician depends.


9)   OSSIFY : BONE

a. Embezzle : Account
b. Refine : Crude Oil
c. Pulverize : Dust
d. Filter : Water
e. Euphoria : Hydrophobia
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pulverize : Dust

Explanation:
To ossify is to turn to bone to pulverize is to convert to dust.


10)   CHIME : JAR

a. Hug : Abjure
b. Command : Request
c. Zenith : Nadir
d. Arrow : Quiver
e. Seek : Find
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hug : Abjure

Explanation:
Chime is a musical sound and jar is a harsh sound. Similarly Hug (cherish) and abjure (to renounce) are antonyms.


11)   NYMPH : FAUN

a. Hurricane : Typhoon
b. Valley : Range
c. Goat : Cub
d. Duck : Dark
e. Cowboy : Horse
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Duck : Dark

Explanation:
The nymph and faun are female and male creatures of myth. The parallel here is duck and drake.


12)   AMBIGUOUS : CLEAR

a. Singular : Plural
b. Synthetic : Real
c. Farmer : Seed
d. Agreement : Contract
e. Sheep : Goat
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Synthetic : Real

Explanation:
Ambiguous is unclear similarly synthetic is not real.


13)   HELMET : HEAD

a. Glove Mitten
b. Ring : Finger
c. Goggles : Eyes
d. Negotiate : Haggle
e. Scarf : Necklace
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Goggles : Eyes

Explanation:
As a helmet is wron to protect the head goggles are worn to protect the eyes. A ring is worn on the finger but it is not the best answer because it is not worn for protection.


14)   FELONY : MISDEMEANOR

a. Blunder : Mistake
b. Inquire : Question
c. Phylogenic : Genetic
d. Friend : Sympathetic
e. Disorder : Disturbance
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Blunder : Mistake

Explanation:
A felony is a serious crime and misdemeanor is a minor crime. B under is serious mistake.


15)   VERBIAGE : PROLIX

a. Iodine : Sublimate
b. Fertillity : Fecund
c. Pollution : Disease
d. Ornament : Expensive
e. Prisoner : Sullen
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Fertillity : Fecund

Explanation:
A prolix person uses more words in common conversation. Fecund means fertile.


16)   EXTRACT : QUOTATION

a. Radius : Diameter
b. Forecast : Prediction
c. Explore : Mine
d. Broil : Lobster
e. Fry : Fricassee
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Forecast : Prediction

Explanation:
One meaning of extract is quotation. Forecast and prediction are also alike.


17)   SLOTHFUL : OVERWORK

a. Confused : Clear
b. Miser : Overspend
c. Submissive : Obsession
d. Smile : Lauth
e. Tired : Exertion
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Miser : Overspend

Explanation:
As a slothful person avoids overwork a miser person avoids overspending.


18)   ZEALOT : ENTHUSIASTIC

a. Action : Verbal
b. Teacher : Rich
c. Athlete : Quick
d. IDLER : LAZY
e. Businessman : Clever
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: IDLER : LAZY

Explanation:
An enthusiastic is likely to be a zealot as a very lazy man or woman is an idler.


19)   CANDY : SUGAR

a. Pickle : Brine
b. Wine : Spirits
c. Apple : Iron
d. Field : Insect
e. Tropics : Tundra
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pickle : Brine

Explanation:
Here candy means to preserve with sugar similarly. Pickle means to preserve with brine (common salt solution in water).